KDs are designed/developed/inspired/mused/auto-suggested/indigested to make folks think; an especially uncommon experience among Democrats, Republicans, and jingoistic mainline denominationalists who continue to discourage dissent with their ever-threatening thought police.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

While they may
seem tritely self-absorbing to you, they triggered confession and repentance
for me.

Yes, He works in
mysterious ways.

@#$%

If it wasn't
enough for me to fork over big $ producing annoying hassles
to fly from Chicago to Wilkes-Barre to satiate the prejudices of my mom
against me riding Return2 over the river and through the woods to..., I trimmed
my facial hair just a few days before departure.

You know the
yarmulke deal?

If not, ain't no
way you're gonna get the abridged Numbers 6 one.

Let's just say
I'm still into personally subdued displays of devotion concomitant to Matthew
6.

I'll explain
if asked.

If not, not.

Of course, it
will grow back.

Maybe.

@#$%

Pastor Peers'
wife gave it to me about 49 years ago:"Presented to Bobby Kopp by Junior Fellowship of First
Presbyterian Church of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1964."

I've always kept
it on my desk or in my briefcase or knapsack but never out of reach or
eyesight.

Zippered KJV
Bible.

I thought I left
it where I always leave it when not taking it with me - top of the pile of
Bibles minus the one that I always take with me if not taking it.

I haven't seen it
since getting back.

Of course, except
for a comb lost near Hebron and specs lost in Edinburgh, misplaced stuff has
always shown up sooner or later.

Maybe my zippered
KJV Bible will pop up.

Maybe.

@#$%

Despite being a
little heartsick about 'em for reasons requiring interrogatives for
declaratives, I didn't carry on too
much about the losses reflected in the mirror and on my desk.

I didn't curse,
cry, banter, or moan.

O.K., I moaned a
bit.

That's probably
because I've been scratching
the surface of my relationship with the Lord by
reading the Bible and praying more than preaching/teaching/writing about or
pretending to be reading the Bible and praying.

I recall the
pastor who was as old as I am now who said this to me when I was too young to
accept a church's not God's call to be their pastor too many years before I was
remotely ready which I did anyway much to everyone's eventual dismay:
"You're known as a man of prayer. So I'm sure our Lord will tell you
what to do if you pray about it."

I remember
thinking, "Well, yeah, I know I'm known as a man of prayer and have
preached and taught and even written a non-bestseller about prayer; but God
knows I don't actually pray as much as I preach, teach, and write about
it."

So I took the job
much to everyone's eventual dismay.

Buuuuuuut now that I'm
actually reading the Bible and praying more than preaching, teaching, and
writing about it, I'm starting to experience/express some of the proof of
practicing more than professing/pretending it that Paul talked about in
Galatians 5; which came in handy when I lost sooooooo/tooooooo
much of my facial hair and my zippered KJV Bible.

God knows I know
He knows I've got a long way to go - I'm just scratching the surface of my relationship with Him via Bible reading and prayer
after years of professing/pretending more than I was experiencing/expressing - buuuuuuut to horrify the
grammar police who care more about jots and tittles than saving souls, I'm
trying to be more better than
before when I was more worse
while pretending to be more
better.

Whoa.

The point is
nobody has to sweat the small stuff like lost stuff if we're taking care of the
big stuff like our personal relationship with Him that is enabled by reading
the Bible and praying a heaven of a lot more than preaching, teaching, and
writing about reading the Bible and praying.

@#$%

BTW, about three
hours after writing the preceding, our custodian Murph found my zippered KJV
Bible on top of the piano in the choir room.

I left it there
after praying with the choir less than 24 hours before getting on the plane for
Wilkes-Barre.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

That's because
the devil, as Luther wrote, is a "clever trickster" who disguises itself as "an angel
of light" or someone/something good and tasty; or as I've come to believe,
the tempter's temptations are so tempting 'cause we wanna take a bite.

Jesus warned,
it/they "come in sheep's clothing..."

It/they don't
come looking like bad guys/gals.

It/they come
looking like part of the team; and blend in like bad leaven to make things
worse over time.

It/they are like
sleeper cells that seemingly lie dormant in the halls and sanctuaries and on
the committees of churches until the time is wrong for them to disturb, detour,
divide, damage, and sometimes even destroy; noting one of its/their favorite
strategies was summarized so well by the Rolling Stones, "Confusing is my game...Can
you guess my name?"

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters comes
to mind as the old demon encourages the younger version, "I note with
grave displeasure that your patient has become a Christian...There is no need
to despair; hundreds of those adult converts have been reclaimed...One of our
great allies at present is the church itself."

While James is
right - "Resist the devil and he will flee from you" - and Paul is
right - "We use God's mighty weapons to knock down the devil!" -
there's often too much disturbing, detouring, dividing, damaging, and sometimes
even destroying because too many pewsitters and pulpiteers do not identify and
isolate 'em from infecting the rest of the body aka church with its/their
disease: "Watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles
contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such
persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth
talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive."

The naive.

Bluntly, the
Biblically ignorant.

Even more
bluntly, that's why the Church has always emphasized Biblical Christian
education as one of the best ways to beat the devil in time.

But, again, we've
seen its/their accomplices making a mess in too many churches.

Matthew 15 and
Colossians expose its/their dirty tricks: "They elevate human traditions
to the commandments of God...See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy
and empty deceit, according to human tradition, and not according to
Christ...not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body...grows with a
growth that is from God."

I've learned how
to cut to the quick in distinguishing authentic Christians from posers - the
real deals from those who've unwittingly and often wittingly made their deals
with the devil.

Jesus.

Just start
talking about Jesus with them!!!!!!!

People who really
know/love Jesus are always eager to talk about Him; and people who don't,
don't.

Jesus is the
litmus test.

Do you want to
know what your deacon/elder/pastor really believes or if you'll be equally
yoked in marriage or if your denomination is still faithful or if your
government...or if...or if...or if...?

Just ask 'em to
talk about Jesus.

If they can and
are eager to do it, you know who they are because they know who He is.

If not, not.

To horrify the grammar
police who often care more about jots and tittles than saving souls, you is or
you ain't.

That's what
Colossians is all about; establishing His identity and exposing ours.

Paul says
Christians have an uncompromisingly clear and conclusive confession about
Jesus: "He is the image of the invisible God...all things were created
through Him and for Him...In Him all the fullness of God was pleased to
dwell..."

In short, Jesus
is not like God.

He is God.

This letter
expands upon the opening sentences of John in establishing His identity - His
divine birth certificate.

This letter also
describes how people who know and love Jesus act
accordingly; or, acknowledging the room for improvement in
everyone's life which is why we praise our Lord Jesus for also being our
Savior, how people who know and love Jesus are better than worse when it comes
to following His ethics: "Seek the things that are above...put
on...compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one
another...forgiving...And above all these put on love...Whatever you do, in
word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks
to God the Father through Him."

As I've scratched the surface of the Bible with Colossians really pounding home the point,
Christianity is all about Jesus.

Think about it.

Christianity.

Christians.

How can anyone
who belongs/connects to any church/person that/who claims to be a part of Christendom not be
focusing on Jesus and filtering every part of their life and ministry through
Him?

Christianity is about
Jesus being Lord and Savior and following Jesus because He is Lord and Savior.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Begging
comparisons to Uncle Sam(s) throughout American history, King Hezekiah was one
of the few kings who remained faithful to God and experienced rewards from God
here and now before hereafter.

Isaiah recounts a
glorious instance of Hezekiah's fidelity yielding divine favor: "Thus says
the Lord: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not
recover'...Then Hezekiah prayed, 'Please, Lord, remember how I have walked
before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good
in your sight'...The Lord came to Isaiah: 'Go and say to Hezekiah,...[I, the
Lord]...have heard your prayer...I will add fifteen years to your life.'"

Though Hezekiah
trusted God for eternity, he wanted to live longer because he enjoyed the
favors of God in time; and because of his faithfulness to God, God was faithful
to him and added fifteen years to his limited time on earth before passing on
to eternity.

I like how the
David Crowder Band has sung about it; which you can hear by clicking on the
link above.

Really, listen to
it before continuing.

Yes, we know
Jesus wanted the cup of existential death and suffering to pass or overlook Him
in a very human kinda way
because, like Hezekiah, He enjoyed the God-given graces in time.

Yes, we know Jesus
didn't fear the first nano-second after the last breath in time because earthly
existence is the limited preface to limitless graces in heaven where there's no
pain, suffering, tears, or death anymore; which, of course, is why eternity is
considered heavenly.

That's the
biggest and best reward of faith in God.

Loving earthly
life and living it so famously, fully, and fearlessly happens because of the
confidence that God has enabled an even better life in heaven after this life
on earth concludes.

Knowing God has
something heavenly for His family of faith after time frees/encourages/enables
us to enjoy the best of our time on earth without being chained to it as if
we are limited to it.

Knowing an even
better life comes after the best of this one means really enjoying it because
we're not clutching anxiously to it as if it is the only one that we get from
God.

That's the
"secret" discovered by Paul and anyone else who gets close to Jesus:
"I have learned the secret...I can do/face all things through or because of Him who
strengthens me."

That's why Paul
loved life but wasn't afraid of the inevitability of departing from it for
something infinitely better: "I count everything as loss because of the
surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord...This life is not worth
comparing to the one to come...For to me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain."

Paul understood
his call in time but had an even greater anticipation of the heavenly call
awaiting everyone whose confidence is in the Lord: "I am hard pressed...My
desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to
remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account."

In other words to
horrify the grammar police yet hint at the heavenly, we gotta do what we gotta do and enjoy
it as best as we can before He does what's really the best for us in heaven.

That's the
blessed assurance that compelled Paul and everyone else who gets it/Him to pray
and try so hard to honor Him in time as thanksgiving for the world without end:
"Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I
press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ
Jesus."

That's what he
meant by "the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding...[that]...will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus."

That's what
Hezekiah understood and the David Crowder Band sang about and all of the saints
of all time echo: "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and
under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."

That's the secret
that everybody knows who knows Him.

This life, as we
learn right from Genesis, is very, very, very good; and we can live it
famously, fully, and fearlessly because of the blessed assurance born of
confidence in our Source, Starter, Sovereign, and Savior Who has saved the best
for next.

Monday, October 14, 2013

I'm old enough to
have some historical perspective; and while I may be wrong, I am convinced
until proven otherwise that there are more miscreants causing meanness,
madness, and misery than ever before.

Surely, things
have been tough ever since the first (original) rebellion (sin) in the garden;
but it seems like the instances of meanness, madness, and misery are
increasingly intense and frequent in an eschatological kinda way.

Indeed, and,
again, I may be wrong, but I am convinced anyone who doesn't think things are
getting worse than ever before is living in the ozone layer of reality with two
feet planted firmly in the air or over-dosed on St. John's Wort.

We're in a war;
precisely as Paul cautioned in Ephesians: "Be prepared. You're up
against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you
can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it's all over but the
shouting you'll still be on your feet...This is for keeps, a life-or-death
fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels."

Then he describes
our best defense: "Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His
might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to
stand...withstand...stand firm..."

Paul uses the
metaphor of a Roman soldier preparing for battle to remind us how/why we can
live victoriously and win sooner or later and definitely in the end.

We have the
blessed assurance of victory because our Lord has provided what we need to win
the war: "We are human, but we don't wage war with human plans and
methods. We use God's mighty weapons, not mere worldly weapons, to knock
down the Devil's strongholds."

If you would like
a printed "spiritual warfare" prayer with Ephesians 6:10-20 as a
guide, just contact me at drkopp@belvpresbyterian.org
and I will send it to you with permission to print and forward.

In short, Luther
taught us to sing victoriously, "One little word shall fell him!...Dost
ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He!...And He must win the
battle!"

Let me put it
another way.

Remembering all
of the pieces of the armor isn't nearly as important as remembering Who is the armor.

Jesus!

Or as many have
done so victoriously when the Devil and its accomplices come knocking at the
door, "Jesus, please get that for me. Thank You!"

While Ephesians,
like Paul's other letters, includes lots of other important parentheses of
counsel, encouragement, and exhortation, the big focus is on the war with the
Devil and its accomplices that no one can avoid with the good news that we will
win the war sooner or later and definitely in the end.

Francis
Frangipane wrote, "How do we defeat the enemy? Victory begins with
the name of Jesus on our lips. It is consummated by the nature of Jesus
in our hearts."

That's what this
letter is all about.

We belong to Him,
we belong to each other, and, together with Him, we will win the war sooner or
later and definitely in the end.

In the meantime of
miscreance, meanness, madness, and misery, we will pray and labor to live the
holy lives of winners: "Therefore be imitators of God...Look carefully
then how you walk...making the best use of time...understand what the will of
the Lord is...Grace...[will]...be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with
love incorruptible."

I guess my
reaction to him as a writer contradicts my reaction to him as a talking head.

Neither has
stopped me from reading and listening.

Getting to the
book more than the man, he and very much of a sidekick Martin Dugard have an
engaging way of writing; obviously, everything from their noodles has outsold
anything that I've ever written by a trillion to one.

It's like
President Obama.

The President's
critics, like O'Reilly's demonizers, gotta admit he's/he's riding high in the
popularity polls...period.

It's hard to
argue with sales.

The first thing
that strikes me about the book is the same thing that strikes me about Mr. Bill
on TV; while claiming to be fair and balanced, it ain't that hard to figure out
which way he's leaning. In the book, for example, he makes this claim:
"Martin...and I are both Roman Catholics who were educated in religious
schools. But we are also historical investigators and are interested
primarily in telling the truth about important people, not converting anyone to
a spiritual cause. We brought this dedication and discipline to Abraham
Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, and in these pages we will do the same with
Jesus of Nazareth." But then here's how he closes the same paragraph:
"By the way, both Lincoln and Kennedy believed Jesus was God."

Of course, I have
no problems with that because I share that faith.

Actually, while
there's nothing really new in the book when it comes to the main story, the
most compelling and recommending parts of the book relate to their
traditio-historical research which is laudably clear, concise, and, from what I
know, accurate. They provide excellent traditio-historical context for
their summary of the story; remaining remarkably in harmony with the
Biblical account.

Maybe it's my
current OCDishness buuuuuuut
I really like how they captured Jesus' contempt for clergy in a
Matthew 15 and 23 kinda way with parallels to their successors; or, in my estimate, the
neo-Pharisees and neo-Sadducees of too many of today's churches.

My only notable
criticism is they don't seem to share Paul's 1 Corinthians 15 insistence on
Jesus' resurrection as the cause of His renown not to mention saving Lordship: "Whether
or not one believes that Jesus rose from the dead, the story of his life and
message achieved much greater status after his crucifixion." Buuuuuuut then, again,
exposing his/their bias, which, again, I like, he says in the same afterword,
"After the crucifixion, the disciples underwent a radical shift in
behavior. They were quite positive that they had seen a resurrected Jesus
and soon went out into the world and fearlessly preached his
message." In other words, ya can take the historian out of the
believer but ya can't take the believer out of the historian!

Excellent...like
the book!

What I really,
really, really like about the book is the renown of its primary author Bill
O'Reilly.

Again, he is the
most renowned/watched/read TV talking head and best-selling author of our day.

Cool.

That means he
just may draw the kinda attention to Him that could save...

Monday, October 7, 2013

Dr. Macleod,
Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics at Princeton Theological Seminary and
author of Presbyterian
Worship which remains the most comprehensive yet clear explanation
of the meaning and method of Reformed worship, wrote of baptism in the cited
book, "...the sign and seal of God's initiative taken in our behalf
through His Son, Jesus Christ, and therefore the main thing is not what men do,
but what God Himself as done." Then he quotes Richard Davidson:
"Baptism is the door by which all come in. The newcomer may be a man
of years or an infant of days; the Church takes him up in baptism, and then
fathers him, mothers him, brothers him till Christ is formed in him.
Baptism is a step in the process of initiation into the family and household of
God."

Indeed, while the
Greek meaning of baptism can mean to dip, drip, dab, or dunk, the deeper
meaning refers to dyeing or changing colors as
in allegiance, affection, and intention.

When an adult is
baptized, she or he is declaring allegiance to and affection for God with the intention
to be His in all things at all times in all places with all people.

When an infant is
baptized, parents and family of faith are joining together in providing
examples as well as education and environment that will encourage the child to
grow in allegiance to and affection for God with the intention to be His in all
things at all times in all places with all people.

Of course, too
many folks go through the sacrament while posing religion rather than authentic
relational desire to enflesh the allegiance, affection, and intention; or as
Dr. Macleod often joked with his classes, "A woman came to me to schedule
a baptism; wanting, as she said, to get little Johnny done. I asked how
she wanted little Johnny done
- rare, medium, or well done."

Paul's letter to
the Galatians is about separating Christian posers from authentics;
distinguishing a religion about Jesus that is good for next to nothing from
here to eternity from a
relationship with Jesus that is the best from here to eternity.

Specifically, he
refers to circumcision which can be seen as a precursor to baptism as a
religious exercise intended to display devotion to God; noting circumcision,
like baptism, can be done without
any real devotion.

Like everything
that we do religiously about God rather than relationally in, through, and for
God, we can be circumcised or baptized by a religious method without a
relational meaning; as in going
through the motions without meaning
it.

I'm reminded of
the story of the fellah who asks the pastor how the church can get rid of the
bats in the belfry. The pastor answers, "Well, we'll just baptize
'em and then we'll never see 'em again!"

Religion without
meaning is like that.

Many people are
religious about God; just going through the motions and not making a heaven bit of difference
in their behaviors.

People who are
related to God make a heaven
of a lot of difference in the world, nation, churches, families,
and with everyone all of the time in every place because it/He shows they are marked off
for Him - truly circumcised/baptized - by their behaviors.

Paul wrote to the
Galatians to explain how true circumcision/baptism/religion is infinitely more about
meaning than method as expressed through confession, conduct, and countenance:
"The only thing that counts is faith expressing
itself through love."

He explains how
the truly circumcised/baptized - an intellectual, emotional, and spiritual
reality revealed through obviously
Christian character - show/display
the proof/evidence/fruit of their relationship with Him through
externally visible devotional traits of an invisible commitment such as love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, humility,
and self-control.

Or as a Bible
study of maturing Christians once described maturing discipleship in a way that
may horrify grammar police while remaining true to Him, "People who are
really devoted to Jesus are more
better than more
worse and wanting and praying to be more better as soon as they really get
it/Him."

That movement
from a religion about Jesus to a relationship with Jesus is transforming:
"It is no longer I who live but it is Jesus who lives in and through
me."

That movement
from a religion about Jesus to a relationship with Jesus transforms anyone
deciding to make that movement into a Christian or "little" version
of Jesus.

So while Paul
would never affirm works righteousness or working one's way into heaven by good
deeds, he makes it very clear in this letter that righteous works are the
hallmark of people who are right
with Him: "...justified...[just as if we had never sinned aka saved]...by faith...expressing itself through love."

Consequently, in
a few words in the letter that were not thrown in but rather highlighted to
emphasize the importance of walking Christianity as we talk about Christianity,
Paul says he and all authentics "remember the poor, the very thing I/we
was/are eager to do" (read Matthew 25 for more on that).

Summarily,
"Neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new
creation..."

Paul got it from
Jesus: "If you love Me, you will do what I say."

Talk without walk
is religion.

Talk with walk
confirms the relationship; and the blessing: "...as for all who walk by
this rule, peace and mercy be upon them."

So while heaven
will be the best forever, it
can be heavenly here and now in, through, and for Him.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

I haven't been as
stunned-to-savor-slowly-not-speed-read since diving into Georges Bernanos The Diary of a Country Priest (1934).

Anyone who can connect
the affirmations/affections of Moltmann and Willimon not to mention Hans and
especially not to mention me must be anointed.

Moretheless, I haven't
read anything lately about anyone not to mention Someone that has riveted my
attention/aspirations as has Zundel's bio of Blumhardt who said/did
what I've never been able to articulate/incarnate as/sooooooo clearly,
concisely, compellingly, conclusively, and, most importantly,
Christocentrically.

It's expensive.

Most books even the book are these days.

But so is lunch
at Applebee's.

Buuuuuuut what is digested
from Blumhardt lasts...forever.

@#$%

Raised/reared in
the theological ghetto of Germany's finest academic institutions, Blumhardt
never lost focus for life and ministry: "To be cheerful in the Lord is
something precious. I am always pleased to read in Paul's letters about
the joy he wishes the faithful."

Blumhardt
resisted temptations to discipleship detoured by books about the book more than
the book itself: "He took the Biblical view of things for granted; any
other way of thinking seemed alien...He found it painful, strange, and
saddening that not only he, but also the venerable, devout men around him,
seemed to lack the nearness to God that he saw in the Bible...It puzzled him
that the gifts of grace...had so receded into the background...Holy Scripture
and the revelation set forth in it occupied a higher place for him than it did
for others."

He knew more than
most and me about loving Jesus by loving like Jesus: "He...reveals Himself
as the Father of all His creatures. He wants to show Fatherly love to
all...No one is excluded...Such is the love of God...Should we then go and
discriminate between people?...Whoever wants to live like a Christian must not
take the best for himself, but leave it for others."

He began a sermon
on 7/24/1831 in Basel, Switzerland with this prayer:

Father of love, break down the barriers that still separate

our hearts! By nature we are unable to love. We
feel more

urged to hate and hurt one another than to meet each other

with peaceful and well-meaning love; we would rather pay

somebody back than forgive him; we incline more to anger

than to patience and forbearance. That is not Your
way,

Heavenly Father. How can we then be called Your
children?

Therefore, kindle among us the spirit of love; make us

mindful of how much You have loved us poor, lost sinners,

so that we may learn from You the love that shows we are

Your children. Amen.

A punchline in
that sermon: "The Lord's gaze...penetrates into the hidden places; He, who
loves all His
children, sees also those who do not
love them."

Whoa.

@#$%

Blumhardt
understood the authentic Church as having "an ultimate
goal...readiness for God's Kingdom...Awareness that the Lord will come has made
people gird their loins and have their lamps burning."

While I don't
pretend to understand all of what that/he means, I kinda get it/Him that He is
coming back for His own and His own have a priority to live and minister in
cognizance of eternity with Him prefaced by existential loyalty to Him.

Or something like
that.

@#$%

Anyway, I thought
about that juxtaposed to whatever has been rekindling in me since my kairos moment(s) with a
few brothers and Eugene in October 2011.

I really don't
know what happened and keeps happening since...

It wasn't what he
said; though His presence through his anointing was overwhelming.

Well, I guess
I kinda know what happened.

He happened; and
He's still happening in a slow, steady, solid, evolving, and transforming way.

A big part of
that has been to confess my sins against others, repent as conscious, and seek
reconciliation with others as with Him in a Matthew 25 kinda way guided by
Matthew 18:15-20.

I have been,
surprisingly and differently as in never
before inclined, eager/instigating/receptive to restoring all of
the broken relationships in my life and ministry.

And I've praised the Lord for the
revelation to know all relationships will be restored in heaven; for heaven has
no room for perpetuating broken relationships.

I believe that
hope as ultimate reality - eternal reconciliation with the whole family of
faith as reconciled with Him through Jesus as Mediator - with every fiber of my
heart as the totality of feelings, facts, and faith.

@#$%

Tozer has helped
me to understand the sad reality of existentially broken relationships:
"We dwell in a world halfway between heaven and hell. In hell there
is only evil; in heaven there is only good; on earth the tares and wheat grow
together, with the tares vastly outnumbering the wheat."

Tozer has helped
me to understand the glorious reality of eternal reconciliation through Him
with His: "We must face today as children of tomorrow. We must meet
the uncertainties of this world with the certainty of the world to come."